28th September

…great recovery! Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ is always at its best in early October. Now at least 10ft tall. Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ Autumn colour…

19th March

…top. Around 40 buds in its third or fourth year of flowering. This is a very unusual deliberate three-way cross between Magnolia sargentiana var robusta, Magnolia campbellii subsp mollicomata ‘Lanarth’…

6th March

…Jury’ Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ The unnamed seeding hybrid near George’s Hut is normally earlier into flower than this year. A cross between M. sargentiana var. robusta and M. sprengeri ‘Diva’….

28th March

…and floribunda at their best. Magnolias dawsoniana and mollicomata as well. Diva and Robusta good also white Campbellii – also young Robusta very good. Double Camellias and some Reticulatas flowering…

2nd September

…by the front gates. Sarcococca saligna Sarcococca saligna Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ just coming out as it always does very late in the Hydrangea season. Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ A year ago…

11th August

…Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ nicely out in the nursery where I am for the annual garden tree survey. Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ just…

7th February

robusta (or so it is catalogued) above Crinodendron Hedge is actually full out (so I was wrong again but it is the only one out or even showing colour of…

27th August

…propagation shed seed propagation shed A few new things in flower: Cautlaya spicata ‘Robusta’ Cautlaya spicata ‘Robusta’ Globba schomburkii just out. New for the 2022 catalogue. Globba schomburkii Aralia cachemeriana…

31st August

…– CHW Secondary flowers on Berberis wilsonae. Berberis wilsonae The numerous seeds on Magnolia sargentiana robusta are almost ripe. Magnolia sargentiana robusta Multiple flowerheads on Schefflera delavayi. Much earlier than…

20th November

…x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Still colour on Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta outside the front gate. What a long laster this is. Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta The Ginkgo biloba is changing…